Reposted by David ShorthouseDoc Hammertime @dochammertime.bsky.social · 20/09/2026WABAKIMI PHOTO DUMP 🧵 Float plane drop off is always exciting, we landed on Wabakimi Lake to begin our trip! 142
Reposted by David ShorthouseDezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 22/09/2026Just published a fun Open Access paper with several great co-authors from across the continent. Swimming caterpillars! 🐛 🏊♀️ 🪳🪲🧪 academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...academic.oup.comDiversity of swimming behavior in larval LepidopteraAbstract. Lepidoptera are a highly diverse lineage of predominantly terrestrial insects, yet their larvae occupy diverse habitats where they may experience 15824
Reposted by David ShorthouseGBIF @gbif.org · 22/09/2026⭐ Celebrating 25 years of GBIF! ⭐ To mark GBIF’s 25th anniversary, a new open access article in the Biodiversity Data Journal provides a comprehensive overview of GBIF’s history, network and infrastructure. 📖 Read the article:🔗https://gbif.link/gbif25paper-news @bdj.pensoft.net @pensoft.net 02514
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tidying up one of two papers to be delivered at @tdwg.org in two symposia sessions. I have some zingers like, "Arguments that the data held in walled garden Collections Management Systems are authoritative is rendered 'quaint' at their best, but shallow and breathless at their worst." 020
Reposted by David ShorthouseDonna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So sorry to hear today that Cedric Gillott (U.Saskatchewan) passed away Saturday. Many will know him from his textbook 'Entomology', but I knew him as my long-time partner in organizing & assembling the Bull. of the Ent. Soc. of Canada, & a fellow craft beer/cider lover. Rest in peace, my friend. 2239
Reposted by David ShorthouseRod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Should @biodivlibrary.bsky.social charge for access? That's the question I ask in forum.biodiversitylibrary.org/t/should-bhl...forum.biodiversitylibrary.orgShould BHL charge for access?Given that most people’s reaction to the question “should BHL charge for access?” is likely to be an emphatic NO! let me explain my goal here. I have no formal role in BHL, this post is purely me shoo... 173
Reposted by David ShorthouseDoc Hammertime @dochammertime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Heading to Wabakimi Provincial Park tomorrow! Fly in/out into Wabakimi Lake for a pretty leisurely loop. Counter clockwise loop starting Up the flindt river, east across Brennan Lake, north down the Allan Water River back to Wabakimi Lake 151
Reposted by David ShorthouseGBIF @gbif.org · 10/09/2026🌺 You won't want to miss this one! You're invited to join the GBIF Science Symposium! The theme of the event, “From Open Data to Living Knowledge."🧬 This event is free to join in person at Universitetet i Oslo or through virtual livestream. 🔗 www.gbif.no/events/2... @gbifnorway.bsky.social 035
Reposted by David ShorthouseRod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I've been revisiting a mapping I created between plant type specimens in @jstor.bsky.social Global Plants website and records in @gbif.org (see my blog post doi.org/10.59350/m59... for details). I've now released a crude website to explore the mappings iphylo.org/jstor-plant-...doi.orgWhere are the plant type specimens? Mapping JSTOR Global Plants to GBIFBlog by Rod Page on biodiversity informatics, taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, knowledge graphs, and other topics. 398
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Northern Algonquin paddle this Labour Day long weekend. 011
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Off to paddle a remote part of Algonquin Provincial Park this Labour Day weekend to see 250+ year-old black ash, hemlock, and yellow birch. And, to drink from Brain Creek of course. 130
Reposted by David ShorthouseBiodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 25/08/2026"Round-tripping of natural history data might help preserve institutional memory... so knowledge endures beyond individual careers." - David Shorthouse, guest editor of the collection. 🗓𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Read more about this new BDJ collection on curation, #AI & collections data 👇bdj.pensoft.netNew collection: Open Digital Curation of Collections-based Biodiversity DataBiodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) launches a new topical collection, titled "Beyond Digitization: Open Digital Curation of Collections-based Biodiversity Data”, aimed at exploring the Open Di... 141
Reposted by David ShorthouseAsh Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026We currently have TWO collections-based vacancies at National Museums Scotland! As part of the upcoming DiSSCo UK program, we’re seeking a Digitiser and Senior digitiser to work with our insect collection: careers.nms.ac.uk/vacancies (Apply by 31st August) #Digitisation #Insects #MuseumJobs 16650
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Working on this today but am too easily distracted by maps and canoe routes. Assuming I can focus my energies, come join me and the iDigBio community next week as I take a look at what's happened in 6 years of running Bionomia off the side of my desk. 021
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026From the shore of a remote lake in Algonquin this morning as the sun was burning off the fog, I witnessed a raft of loons in a large circle, each member doing a crazy cartwheel in sequence like teenagers at a skate park, followed by whooping and trilling. It was the most beautiful thing and I wept. 140
Reposted by David ShorthouseBon Hanson @bonhanson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He came to explore Canada's beautiful landscapes and discovered why Canadians are known for being some of the kindest people in the world. ✌️🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ar...ctvnews.caA New Zealander boarded a canoe to cross Canada. Then he discovered the nature of its citizensA New Zealand man said his solo paddling adventure through Canada’s wilderness taught him about the Great White North’s majestic landscapes and the beauty of human nature. 628269
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Completed a 4-day canoe trip with my youngest son, James Macklin and his son to the Biscotasi Provincial Park area in northern Ontario, Canada. We took the last operating Budd train in the world from Sudbury & dropped off alone in the middle of nowhere. 010
Reposted by David ShorthouseDistributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Join the @dissco.bsky.social x #WiNoDa hackathon on machine annotation services (MAS) next October 14-15th and learn how to develop and connect these services directly to DiSSCo. 📖 Info: lnkd.in/dzR3VWAF 📌 Registration (deadline is 31 August 2026): lnkd.in/dih-tGmg @disscoflanders.bsky.social 021
Reposted by David ShorthouseJessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs 15449
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Last month of operations for ww.simplemappr.net. There are now a few solutions to replace most of the functionality. See the bottom of docs.google.com/document/d/1...ww.simplemappr.net 053
Reposted by David ShorthouseRobert Cubey @rcubey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Two jobs at @thebotanics.bsky.social (RBGE) - National Project Manager Scotland & National Data Manager Scotland - join us in delivering @dissco.bsky.social in the UK www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job...rbge.org.ukVacancies | Working Here | What We Do 116
Reposted by David ShorthouseWayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A old-timer's concern about science as a chronic social medium, leading to the advice to spend time alone with nature and ideas. waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/s...waynemaddison.wordpress.comScience like no one is watchingI grew up largely unwatched. As children, David and I would go out and play unsupervised, free-range. We would go down to the ravine to explore nature. It was fun, but more than that, I think it wa… 11711
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026PyMapper github.com/CalebHendren... by Caleb Hendren is desktop-capable & "...essentially a remake of SimpleMappr in Python." 😍github.comGitHub - CalebHendren/PyMapprContribute to CalebHendren/PyMappr development by creating an account on GitHub. 021
Reposted by David ShorthouseDoc Hammertime @dochammertime.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I’m back home in Detroit after a surreal couple weeks in Northern Ontario. The wildfires in and around Armstrong, Wabakimi Provincial Park devastated First Nations communities and outfitters. For the time being Armstrong itself seems to be spared. 1122
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Getting giggly about my next paddling adventure with my son. The Budd train to the headwaters of the Spanish River! There's something romantic about stopping the train on a remote lake, unloading, then watching it recede while you contemplate your life choices 🛶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzti...youtube.comImmersive railway POV through Canadian Shield in 4K | TRIPPING Train 185 (2023) | TVO OriginalYouTube video by TVO Docs 130
Reposted by David ShorthouseGBIF @gbif.org · 20/07/2026Are you our next GBIF Executive Secretary? One week left to apply for this incredible position! ⭐ We're seeking a visionary leader with demonstrated experience in biodiversity science, international collaboration and organizational management. 🌱 🔗gbif.link/Executive-... Deadline: 24 July 022
Reposted by David ShorthouseNatural Science Collections Alliance @nscalliance.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Join the #TaxonWorks conversation & explore their software & community. Loosely focused on three themes, #research, #collections, and getting started, there will be lots of opportunities for conversation. #iDigBio events.zoom.us/ev/AjGnrAbjA...events.zoom.usTalking with TaxonWorks: Connecting Collections and Research 032
Reposted by David ShorthouseDoc Hammertime @dochammertime.bsky.social · 15/07/2026More heartbreaking stories out of Wabakimi www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/o...snnewswatch.comOutfitter desperate to find help for canoeists surrounded by fireBruce Hyer of Wabakimi Wilderness Lodge is trying to locate a helicopter to extricate four clients. 101
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Microphorella shorthousei sp. nov 😍 Brooks & Cumming doi.org/10.11646/zoo...doi.org Revision of the Microphorella chiragra species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato : Parathalassiinae) | Zootaxa 010
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Temagami, Ontario. Hiked the tallest point in the Province called the Ishpatina Ridge. And, one day was gruelling: 9 portages (double carrying) and a 16km paddle. 040
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Turned over the food barrel and am off to the Ishpatina Ridge in Temagami tomorrow for a 7-day solo adventure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishpati...en.wikipedia.orgIshpatina Ridge - Wikipedia 010
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Completed the “Nellie Lake Loop” in Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario Canada with my youngest son. Excellent route but with lengthy portages. “We hiked through the forest with a canoe on our heads.” 140
Reposted by David ShorthouseJoaquim Santos @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social · 30/06/2026After 5 years as an idea in my head, I finally built it. Introducing georeference.it: an open-source platform for collaborative georeferencing of GBIF specimens. Help improve biodiversity data through community georeferencing, validation and error detection. Feedback welcome! 🌍 georeference.itgeoreference.itGeoreference Specimens — georeference.itAdd coordinates to ungeoreferenced natural history specimens from GBIF. Collaborative georeferencing tool for biodiversity collections worldwide. 031
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Looking forward to my annual father and son canoe trip on this upcoming post-Canada Day weekend. Any guesses? 000
Reposted by David ShorthouseGBIF @gbif.org · 23/06/2026⭐ A huge milestone for the biodiversity data standards community! 🥳 After years of collaborative work, the Darwin Core Conceptual Model and Data Package Guide (DwC-DP) have officially been ratified! ✅ 👉 Curious about what this means in practice?🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20... @tdwg.org 0134
Reposted by David ShorthouseStelios Chatzimanolis @schatzimanolis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comA bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyoneThe Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt 011
Reposted by David ShorthouseSiobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just received a lovely email from the journal #AnnalsOfBotany to say our article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" is amongst the most-read of their recent articles. I'm quite proud of this! doi.org/10.1093/aob/... #Wikidata #Botanydoi.orgWikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open DataAbstractBackground. Wikidata is a multilingual linked open knowledge base to which anyone can contribute that contains multitudes of botany-related informa 2318
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026He’s still there! El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and now Panama. Using his own funds on a shoestring, hostel to hostel, feeding himself, hitchhiking and bus rides. And, in a little over a week, he’s taking a 12-person, 50’ sailboat to Colombia en route to Ecuador and Peru. 120
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Sketched out a 6-night canoe loop July 7–13 to the Ishpatina Ridge en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishpati... at the tail end of a 3-night trip to Nellie Lake in Killarney Prov. Park with my youngest son. This might be a solo trip unless there's a taker, which would make it my longest solo by a day.en.wikipedia.orgIshpatina Ridge - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by David ShorthouseCrossref @crossref.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Crossref has hit 2 billion citation links - connections between research that help scholars discover, trace, and build on existing work. Dataset and full story: doi.org/10.64000/8cekz-69m52 #citations #scholarlypublishing 046
Reposted by David ShorthouseORCID @orcid.org · 27/05/2026Nominations now open for ORCID Board seats: 👉 info.orcid.org/nominations-now-open… + ORCID's Researcher Advisory Council: 👉 info.orcid.org/calling-all-research… 📅 Nominations due 26 June! 032
Reposted by David ShorthouseSonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 298105792675
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026What do I wear on my feet for a canoe trip? Stephan Kesting does a great job describing the maddening decision-making process, youtu.be/9g8M05sd11g?...youtu.beWhat I Learned About Canoeing Footwear on Thousand Mile Trips in the Far NorthYouTube video by Essential Wilderness - Stephan Kesting 110
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026My sleep system in the boreal forest is a tarp and bug net; perfect for canoe travel on boreal lakes because the understory always has openings where cushiony club mosses and pine needles are abundant. Unlike a tent, I can find semi-protected spots to watch storms, sunsets, and the northern lights. 131
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Kirkpatrick / Blue Lake ice-out, 6-night spring canoe loop in the Algoma Region near Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada via logging roads with @cabbageleek.bsky.social was a tough one but well worth the physical effort on long portages and the bug-less but restless, nightly chill. 161
Reposted by David ShorthouseGBIF @gbif.org · 15/05/2026🚀 The 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is OPEN! Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit an entry and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes 💸 ⭐ Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026 (23:59 CEST) 👉 gbif.link/ENC-2026 077
Reposted by David Shorthousetdwg.org @tdwg.org · 07/05/2026The #TDWG2026 Call for Abstracts deadline for submissions is fast approaching on 🗓️ 20 May 2026, 23:59 UTC-12. There’s still time 🕐 but act fast ⚡️, only two weeks left! Conference Theme: 🔬 & 🤖 Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards. More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-abstracts 022